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FC United of Manchester will discover this month if they have been granted
planning permission to build a stadium in Newton Heath, where Manchester
United were formed 132 years ago, initially as Newton Heath Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway.

Although it is a happy coincidence that FC United’s prospective new home
should be in the inner-city district where the Manchester United story
began, they are determined to evoke the spirit and values of those
19th-century pioneers by ensuring that the supporter-owned club are embedded
firmly in the local community.

“This club is about empowering football fans who feel disenfranchised and our